Members of the 1st battalion of Royal Gurkha rifles who are to be dispatched to Afghanistan in the Autumn, at their barracks in Folkestone, on the day the under secretary of state for defence Derek Twigg announced an increase in their pension benefits in 2007

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Location: Folkestone, Kent, England
Photo credit: © David Parker / Alamy / Afripics
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